Table 1.
Prevalence (P), and Intensity (I) of the endobiotic organisms inhabiting the four sponge species; Spongia officinalis, Sarcotragus spinosulus, Ircinia cf. variabilis and Ircinia oros, collected within the coastal area of Cyprus. ‘+’ = indicates presence of the specific gender within the species.
| Species |
Spongia officinalis |
Sarcotragus spinosulus |
Ircinia cf. variabilis |
Ircinia oros |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | I | P | I | P | I | P | I | |
| Annelida | ||||||||
| Clitellata | ||||||||
| Rhynchobdellida | ||||||||
| Stibarobdella moorei (Oka, 1910) | 4.6% | 1 | ||||||
| Polychaeta | ||||||||
| Amphinomida | ||||||||
| Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) | 4.6% | 1 | ||||||
| Eunicida | ||||||||
| Lysidice ninetta Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 | 14.3% | 1 | ||||||
| Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813) | 16.7% | 1 | 4.6% | 2 | 11.1% | 1 | ||
| Phyllodocida | ||||||||
| Phyllodocida sp. 1 | 16.7% | 5 | 22.7% | 1.6 | ||||
| Bylgides groenlandicus (Malmgren, 1867) | 9.1% | 1.5 | ||||||
| Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776) | 83.3% | 8 | 59.1% | 3.9 | 66.7% | 3.3 | 28.6% | 1 |
| Lepidasthenia elegans (Grube, 1840) | 4.6% | 1 | ||||||
| Odontosyllis sp. 1 | 11.1% | 1 | ||||||
| Hesionidae sp. 1 | 4.6% | 1 | ||||||
| Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) | 11.1% | 2 | ||||||
| Sabellida | ||||||||
| Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 | 11.1% | 1 | ||||||
| Serpula cf. vermicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) | 11.1% | 1 | ||||||
| Vermiliopsis infundibulum (Phillipi, 1844) | 4.6% | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | ||||
| Terebellida | ||||||||
| Eupolymnia nesidensis (Delle Chiaje, 1828) | 11.1% | 3 | ||||||
| Nicolea zostericola (Örsted, 1844) | 50.0% | 2 | 13.6% | 2.7 | 22.2% | 1 | ||
| Terebellidae sp. 1 | 4.6% | 2 | ||||||
| Arthropoda | ||||||||
| Malacostraca | ||||||||
| Amphipoda | ||||||||
| Aristias cf. tumidus (Kroyer, 1846) | 16.7% | 3 | 11.1% | 1 | ||||
| Colomastix pusilla (Grube, 1861) | 16.7% | 3 | 13.6% | 4 | ||||
| Dexamine spiniventris (Costa, 1853) | 4.6% | 1 | ||||||
| Quadrimaera inaequipes (A. Costa, 1857) | 13.5% | 5.7 | ||||||
| Decapoda | ||||||||
| Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1813) | 66.7% | 2.5 | 13.6% | 2 | ||||
| Galathea intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851 | 16.7% | 2.5 | 18.2% | 1.3 | ||||
| Pandalina brevirostris (Rathke, 1843) | 9.1% | 2.5 | ||||||
| Pilumnus hirtellus (Linnaeus, 1761) | 66.7% | 4 | 54.6% | 2.8 | 33.3% | 3.3 | 14.3% | 1 |
| Pilumnus hirtellus – FEMALE | + | 3.3 | + | 2 | + | 1 | ||
| Pilumnus hirtellus – MALE | + | 1.5 | + | 2 | + | 1 | + | 1 |
| Synalpheus gambarelloides (Nardo, 1847) | 59.1% | 22.4 | 66.7% | 9.5 | 100% | 6.1 | ||
| Isopoda | ||||||||
| Anilocra physodes (Linnaeus, 1758) | 4.6% | 1 | ||||||
| Cymodoce truncata (Leach, 1814) | 16.7% | 85 | 40.9% | 27.2 | 33.3% | 3.7 | ||
| Cymodoce truncata – FEMALE | + | 45.5 | + | 10.9 | + | 3 | ||
| Cymodoce truncata – MALE | + | 39.5 | + | 18.4 | + | 2 | ||
| Gnathia phallonajopsis Monod, 1925 | 16.7% | 5 | 22.7% | 5 | 22.2% | 1 | ||
| Gnathia phallonajopsis – FEMALE | + | 5 | + | 2.2 | ||||
| Gnathia phallonajopsis – MALE | + | 2.8 | + | 1 | ||||
| Chordata | ||||||||
| Actinopterygii | ||||||||
| Bony fish sp. 1 | 16.7% | 1 | ||||||
| Perciformes | ||||||||
| Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | 14.3% | 2 | ||||||
| Ascidiacea | ||||||||
| Stolidobranchia | ||||||||
| Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) | 4.6% | 1 | ||||||
| Echinodermata | ||||||||
| Asteroidea | ||||||||
| Forcipulatida | ||||||||
| Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 4.6% | 1 | ||||||
| Ophiuroidea | ||||||||
| Ophiurida | ||||||||
| Amphiura chiajei (Forbes, 1843) | 16.7% | 5 | 13.3% | 2 | ||||
| Mollusca | ||||||||
| Bivalvia | ||||||||
| Limida | ||||||||
| Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) | 14.3% | 12 | ||||||
| Arcida | ||||||||
| Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 13.3% | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | ||
| Gastropoda | ||||||||
| Neogastropoda | ||||||||
| Raphitoma contigua (Monterosato, 1884) | 4.6% | 1 | ||||||